If I Were You - 162: Anti Drug
Episode Date: July 13, 2015In this episode we discuss investing, marijuana, and the best cities in America.This episode is brought to you by MileIQ, BollAndBranch, and BlueApron!See omny.fm/listener for privacy information....
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I've got a problem in my life
A sticky situation, moral quandary, dilemma, dire, straights or strife
But if I can't decide on what to do
I type on up an email and address it to, if I were you
They'll make my path a bit less hazy
My vision was blurry, but now it is clear
My will, tough, detervy, but now there's no fear
All hope is restored, all thanks to Jake and Amir
My car was in park, but now it's in gear
I was far from the mark, but they brought me here
The plan, it is safe, thanks to Jake and Amir
It's Jake and Amir
Love that pop punk voice
And, what do you, do you like me?
We're talking about something else
You're constantly talking about something else
And you constantly want us to be talking about you
Or like whether it's you talking about me or I'm talking about me
Also I complimented something and you got mad at me
Every compliment to something else
Doesn't detract from you
It's right, it detracts from me
No, it does not
If I told somebody else that they had a nice shirt
You think that means you have a bad shirt
Small
If you're not saying nicely
By the way, you do have a bad shirt
It's stained, it's yellow, it's thin
It says fuck you, you fucking fuck
The worst the shirt can be is thin
Disagree, I think a thin shirt's pretty nice
So what if it's so thin, you can start to see the skin
If it's sheer, that's not necessarily
But not sheer all the way around, it's thinning
Like it has sheer spots
To me that connotes a very, very comfortable shirt
I would, I think a thick shirt is worth
Like a really thick Haynes B.P.T.
Yeah, like a gildan
Even if you wash
Those blurry letters, if you're reading this
You're standing too close
And then at the bottom is just my social security number
And it's cut off high, it's a bare midriff
Thick Haynes B.P.T.
With a swear word
You would say that would be the worst shirt
That's probably the worst the shirt could be
Russ Wolfe is the guy who sang that song
You can find him on YouTube
Under Russ Wolfe with an E
Or on Facebook under Russ Wolfe Music
So, yeah
Okay, I will
You think so?
I think I'll look him up on Facebook later today
I think I'll remember to do that
Russ Wolfe
Now I actually might
Because you've said it twice
Yeah, Russ Wolfe, Russ Wolfe
If you repeat it
It will come
Yeah, it gets ingrained more
We're in a new home
Holy shit
I know you guys are sick and fed up of hearing it
Because literally every four episodes
We're in a new home
We move
Yeah
We often are, we're transient
Yes, we move a lot
Every couple weeks we'll move
We are a nomadic crew
Not in a convenient way
No, in an inconvenient way
Like it sucks to move so much
We have no roots
Imagine a plant starting to grow
And then like the roots grow
And then you rip it up
Yeah, every time you acquire something
All you're thinking about is which bag
Will it go in in two weeks
Does it fit in a bag?
Yeah
But no more
No longer
We are doing a normal thing
Which is staying in a place for one calendar year
12 months
We signed a lease
52 weeks
It is not Raven's Nest
Of course it is not Raven's Nest
Nor do you think
I don't think you should bring up Raven's Nest
Yes, it is
We don't, we can't
We shouldn't
And we aren't
I don't have to
I don't have to speak of her
Because I am always thinking of her
Exactly
She is in my heart, mind and in my blood
I am not in her, but she is in me
Raven's Nest is a contact lens
Upon which we all see the world
It is all filtered through Raven's Nest
Because Raven's Nest is the world
Absolutely
It is more than the world
It is the seventh wonder of the world
It is the universe
It is also the first and sixth wonder of the world
It is the wonder
That is the world
It is the film by which we see the universe
Everything you see is Raven's Nest
You've never seen Raven's Nest
You can't picture Raven's Nest
Because you can't picture Utopia
Because it's not real
It is only real to I and to thee
Who have seen her
But cannot speak of her
And that is our own private hell
Because we will never be able to accurately describe
Her beauty to anyone
And if you close your eyes
Guess what?
You are staring directly into Raven's Nest
Because that pure blackness that is your soul
Is your soul reflected off of her soul
Which is crystalline and clear and perfect
And you are nothing
We have a nice little Spanish casita
What we have is
Raven's Nest took a dump one day
And we scurried along
Put it into a plastic bag and moved into it
There's no pool here
But it is nice
It's pleasant
It's fine
It is a good home
It is fine
It is a home
Luckily we have a room dedicated to podcasting
Yeah
So look at this
I'm sitting on a couch
I'm not holding the microphone
Because we bought mic stands
Very cool
We're getting
We're inching closer towards adulthood
Yeah
But let's
What is this?
What are you listening to?
It's an advice podcast
It's called If I Were You
And it's the only advice podcast
On the internet
Hosted by me
And me
I'm Amir
I'm Josh
Josh R
We'll get emails from people
To If I Were You show at gmail.com
And they're basically confused
A lot of these people are scared
Some of them are alone
Many of them are coy
They're coyed by the fact
That they don't know what to do
They are seeking guidance
Who do they come to?
Of course the two smartest people they know
Me
And
Clark Kent
Wow
He is busy
Saving the world
So I fill in for that
So we are going to be reading
Real emails right now
From real people
Let's give them fake names
Just to preserve their anonymity
I don't want like their shit getting out
Do you have a name
For this first person who
Let's say he was
He's
Talking about drugs
And weed
Oh
Rosie
Rosie, right
Hey guys
I got caught in an awkward situation
Last night
And I was wondering if you could help me out
Last night
I was texting back and forth
With my best friend
Of five years
When she casually mentioned to me
That she likes to smoke weed
Now
Something you should know about me
Is that I'm really anti-drug
I'm one of those few people
That was brainwashed
In the fifth grade
By dare program
And I haven't shaken my opinion since
It's to the point
Where I have extreme disrespect
Towards people who do drugs
Even if they're otherwise great people
So even though I'm a hundred percent
In the wrong
And literally all my friends
Think my stance on this is crazy
I can't help but feel
Nothing but disgust
Towards my friend
I haven't spoken to my friend since that fateful text
So how do I casually drop the hint
That I'm disgusted by her weed habit
Without making her mad
I feel like she should know how I feel
Since, you know, we're best friends
Thanks, love Rosie
Hmm
Hmm
He's some sort of weed bigot
Yeah, he's a wigot
I think this is sort of
I think at this point
It's kind of safe to say
That if you are like extremely anti-weed
You're gonna come out on the wrong side of history
Oh wow
There are states like legalizing it one by one
It's gonna end up being like
There's an issue
And there's people on either side of it
I personally think it's fine
You think society is trending
Towards acceptance for weed
Yes
I do
Which seems like it's already
I mean, it's happening
Like you said, it's already illegal
But even if something is legal
He can say that he doesn't like it
Right, that's true
Like
Driving 180 miles per hour
That's not legal
Okay, bad example
Hurting someone
Like murder
Of course, illegal
I'm struck
I'm racking my brain
Like murder, you said
What's a little legal thing
Shoplifting
Okay
Shoplifting
Or cigarettes
Right, exactly right
Shoplifting
Well, one of them is legal, one of them is not
And it's impossible to say which one's which
Yeah, cigarettes is a good example
Legal, but you can be against it
You can be disgusted by it
Yeah, so this guy happens to be disgusted by Marihuana
But he seems to know that he's wrong
He's very self-aware in the fact that he's like
Oh, yeah, I know that I'm 100% in the wrong
And all my friends think my stance on this is crazy
But I'm disgusted
He also goes as far as to say that he was brainwashed
Yeah, he knows
So he has sort of an abhorrent view of anti-drug people
How can you be brainwashed and know that you've been brainwashed?
Doesn't that mean you haven't been brainwashed?
Yeah, so he hasn't been fully brainwashed
Yeah
It's a light soak
Yeah
He's been brain rinsed
I'm high right now
Are you?
Yes
We've never done a podcast high
Yeah
Some requests have come in
I don't know if we'd be...
Well, I guess...
Yeah, we could try it
It will definitely be different
I would be more self-conscious if I were stoned
Right
I would probably be a little...
I would be more quiet
Right, or like...
And then like trying to act normal
But then like you're starting to think
Am I just acting normal or coming across as normal?
What we should do is do one
Without telling anyone we're high
Oh, and then when we like promote it or something
Yeah
We'd be like, did you guys realize that this one was a little weird
And then like we could record the ad afterwards
And we'll say, this is a fun one, things got real
We got high
Yeah
And the sponsor will appreciate that
So what should this guy do?
I feel like his question is flawed
How do I casually drop a hint that I'm disgusted by her weed habit
Without making her mad?
Yeah
She should be mad at you
For being disgusted by her
Although maybe she shouldn't
No
Like you said with cigarettes
This girl smokes cigarettes and he's saying
How do I drop a hint that I'm disgusted without making her mad?
But you wouldn't...
Even if somebody smokes cigarettes
A friend of yours smokes cigarettes
You would tell them that you didn't care for it
Right
But to say I'm disgusted by it is a little...
It's much
It's a little too much
So I think the thing to do is
Maybe you just like, you know
Do nothing
Or
Why don't you voice your displeasure
But don't try to let it alter your...
Yeah, I'd say something like, you know, I don't agree with it
But that's your choice
Yeah
If you really want her to know
Which it doesn't really matter because
What are you like, what's the hope
That he wants to A, make her uncomfortable with it
Or and probably thus in doing so
B, make her change and not smoke weed anymore
But that would, according to him
That would be 100% in the wrong
So
He's basically asking if he can take this girl
Into the wrong with her, with him
Right
You shouldn't, if you think you're wrong
Don't try to prove people wrong
Because you are wrong
You can't double wrong
Yeah, that's not a right
Two wrongs don't make a...
That is a saying that I just came up with
Whoa, let's hear it
Two wrongs don't make a right
So what does that mean?
It's like, just because you're doing something wrong
If you get me to do something wrong too
Like, it doesn't, it's not
It's not like, it's not making a right thing
Oh, okay
That's sort of like a way to look at it
Can I tell you a phrase that I just came up with?
Sure
A bird in the hand is worth two inside of a
Let's say a
A shrub
A bird in the hand
If I have a bird in my hand, that's worth two birds inside of a bush
Why is that?
Because I can say, let's say this bird is worth a hundred bucks
And the birds in the bush are what?
Fifty each?
I don't know
Ish, would you say?
That sounds about right
I feel like you're asking me to agree to a lot for this to make sense
I have a bird in hand, a hundred bucks
I just feel like you set it up in a strange way
An average bush bird is fifty
You're like telling me that
But I don't know if that's true
A bird in the hand is worth two
Yeah, so two
I feel like you're forcing a lot of information in to make this thing make sense
I don't think so
What do you think about this phrase?
Time flies
But only so when you're having fun
Having a good time or fun
Time flies when you're having fun
And what does that mean?
That means like, okay, I'm having a great time
But I keep looking at my clock
Yeah
And I don't know what the fuck's going on
There's a little hand is on the two
The big hand's on the five
You know, another way it could make sense is if you're saying like, you know
You don't look at the watch when you're having fun
And time seems to go a little quicker
Because
Well, it's a time goes quicker when you're having a good time
Yeah, no, that's not right
That doesn't make sense
No, yeah, time's the same
Right, time is a constant
Yeah, but it's like yours is like you're having a broken, silly watch
Although now that I think about it
I think that the speed of light is constant
And time is like relative
And I, that's sort of a theory that I came up with
I think I can sort of quantify it in this equation
So energy
Yeah
I'm just trying to do the math in my head
Equals
Would equal something
Yeah, mass
The weight of an object
M
And then
The speed of light
Is what?
Which is constant C
Oh, C
But not just equals MC
It would be like
C times C
E equals MC squared
That's amazing
You just came up with that
Well, I'm just like trying to think
Are you riffing?
Yeah
I'm doing a
Yeah, I think that works
Because I'm just
I'm trying to figure it out
I just farted it out my fucking face just now
But yeah, equals MC squared
So don't tell your friend not to smoke pot anymore
I used to be like this
My friend started to smoke pot at the end of high school
And I never did
And I was like, oh shit, this is bad
Like I'm in a bad mood when my friends are smoking pot
Because they're starting to become druggies
And I'm on the outside looking in
And they're having this shared experience
That I'm not a part of
Because I don't want to smoke
Right
So all my friends are becoming cool without me
And you sort of resent them
You're like, oh, you guys are being like
This is gross, this is disgusting
Yeah
You guys shouldn't be doing this
Or I would just be in a bad mood
And they would ask me what's wrong
And I'd be like, I don't understand
Why we're getting high now
To me, it was the equivalent of
If all my friends now started doing heroin
And I'd be like, what are you guys doing?
Like you're throwing your life away
This isn't fun, I'm not going to do it
That makes sense, because that is
That is like these steps that you take
And I think when your friends start drinking
When you're younger, you're like, oh, I don't know
Like this is bad, you guys
That's kind of right
But then eventually everyone gets a little older
They start drinking
I think the same thing happens with weed
And then maybe it's happening with molly or cocaine
And those drugs, like
Yeah, that's like pretty much on the cusp
Like maybe we should not be doing that, right?
And then for sure, heroin, crack
Like there is a point where the person's saying
Like guys, this is too much, is right
But I think it's not at weed
But how do you know?
Like how do you know what's the point
Where it's actually dating?
Like where do cool people also say no to that?
Yeah, I had the exact same experience
With drugs when I was growing up
Right
Like hey, this is not cool
The next hardest drug is always seemingly
The hardest drug
Right
Like zero to weed is the same as weed to whatever
I don't know
What's the one above weed?
Cocaine
Is it, there's nothing in between weed and cocaine?
That seems like a big stretch
Mushrooms
Oh
The mushrooms are pretty intense too
What about Adderall?
That's like a pill
Yeah, that's true
I think, well, maybe the difference is
With cocaine and Adderall you can
This is another example of when I
Don't entirely know what I'm talking about
But this is like me working through it, right?
Mm-hmm
You can get addicted to cocaine and Adderall
Like pretty easily
I don't think there's like
As much to say that you can get addicted to mushrooms
And weed
Though people do have it
Hmm
I think, are there like studies that say
That you don't really get addicted
You don't have like the same type of reliance
As you do on weed
On weed as you do with like alcohol
Right, like there's no chemical addiction
You can't be chemically addicted
Though I feel like you can find a study
That says everything
What we should really do is consult an expert
Or at the very least a Google search
Yeah
Where I can only assume an expert has written an article
Right
But you can find articles on everything
Of course
Experts have a million different opinions
They get paid by Pfizer
They get paid by the government
Multi-trillion dollar pharmaceutical
Funded this study
Follow the thread all the way to the top
And you know what
Follow the money people
And you pull the thread at the dollar bill
It's a tug-o-war
And you look up and uh-oh
What's the thread going straight into
Uncle Sam's ass
I was gonna say Obama's ear
Oh
Very nice
I think you don't have to like tell your friend
That you're disgusted by her
She probably feels your judgment
More than you realize
Yeah, especially cause you already told her
And you haven't texted her since
Mm-hmm
So uh
How about lightening up
Yeah man
You're gonna get a little bit more chill on the matter
It's really weird when we talk about
Like on this podcast about like people being
Cooler with drugs
Yeah
It seems like pretty bad advice
Right
But we're giving more realistic advice
Than like quote-unquote good official advice
Yeah, that's true
You don't have to smoke weed
But as long as she's doing it
Uh, semi-response
Like as responsibly as you can do a drug
Yeah
I don't think it's really your place to be like
You're disgusting
Right
I mean you can always tell on her
Tell her mommy or whatever
Alright
That's what you do with all your friends
I got them all in prison
You barked them, you called cops
I hit a-
You set up a sting operation
You wore a wire
For no reason
It was a thick black wire
Underneath my thin shirt
They saw it right away
So sheer
Alright
Let's answer another query
Nice
This one's a little different
This guy's asking a question about what he should do
Now that he's just graduated from college
Okay
Do you have a name for him?
Micah
Micah writes
I just graduated from college
And me and a buddy are looking to get out of the same state
We've lived in all our lives
In the mid-Atlantic area
What are some great cities for young people to move to
Within a recent grad budget
Y'all do a lot of traveling
So maybe you can lend some perspective
Second question
I have some money I'm looking to invest
I'm thinking about putting some in the Berkshire class B shares
But if you guys have any other suggestions about some stock picks
I'd love to hear something new
I really enjoy the show
Thanks, love Micah
So this guy wants to know where to live
And how to invest his money wisely
I love how much he's trusting us
Yeah
And we've got advice for this guy
Right
At the very least we're more of an expert in the where to live situation
But I think we can offer some
Both of us have money in the market
We are playing the field
Obviously you do need
Do you want to answer that question first or the city?
Let's do cities first
Because that's fun
We love romanticizing cities
Every single city we visit I want to move to
You want to live there
Let's go back and forth
I think we're going to have very similar favorite cities
In America
Okay
What would you say is your number one?
Or one of your number one options
A guy's like I got no responsibility
No family
Just me and my friend going to move to a city
Where should I? Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas, great example
Weather is nice
I put a premium on weather
A lot of people don't give a shit
This guy's from the mid-Atlantic area
I assume that's probably one of the worst
Weathers you can be in
It's really really hot in the summer
Freezing cold in the winter
Austin very temperate, mild
Hot in the summer
But not like humid hot
Right, right, right, right
It's affordable
It's cheaper there than in most big cities
It's cool
We go to Austin, we're saving money
Austin is very hip, very cool
And the people there are great
Austin might be on the decline
It used to be cool 10 years ago
Right, now too many people are
Knowing about Austin
Maybe the secret's out on Austin
Now you got to go to St. Paul or something
But I don't actually know about that
We don't know what the other cool
Another cool city is Portland
Portland's really cool, I love Portland
Yeah, weather's also
It's a little iffy, it's wet
If you don't mind the rain, we highly recommend it
Same type of people
Pacific Northwest
Seattle also
Addicts Seattle
Seattle's nice, you're in the Pacific Northwest still
A little rainier than Portland
But a bigger city
If you love that city vibe
Now, what about Los Angeles
The city that we live in
Fuck it, no, okay, don't bother
Orlando, Florida
Very nice
I'm maybe putting New York above
LA
New York City, oh yeah, because these people just graduated
Right, I know it's hard to imagine New York
On a budget, but
It exists, you could live in Brooklyn
Or Queens and like
Be and do fine
So it's not prohibitively
Expensive, poor people live in New York
All over the place
My theory on New York, having lived there
New York is great if you're
Really, really broke
Or really, really rich
Because if you're broke, you just live in a shitty hole
In the wall and eat like
$2 slices of pizza
But you get to go to all those fun bars and clubs
And it's just like, everyone is poor with you
It's hard to have money in New York
Because it's so expensive
And it's also more fun when you're younger
I wouldn't recommend 30-somethings
Moving to New York for the first time
It's a little more difficult
It's a little more taxing
New York City, great example
If you're looking for some budget options
Austin, Portland
Any other ones come to mind?
I mean, those are my top ones
Yeah?
Is there anything that comes to your mind?
The Midwest has some like
Cool cities, cool college towns
But it's so fucking cold there
In the winter, it hurts my bones
Yeah, yeah, that's true
We had a lot of fun in Ann Arbor
In Madison, to a bigger city
Extent, Chicago
But we were never there
Throughout an entire winter
I never looked up real estate
In Seattle, Portland
And Austin
I like, legit wanted to
Move there
Problem is we're tied to this industry
We can't live there
It's past now
Oh no, I tried to convince you to live in Austin
Right, for like a couple months
Yeah, we almost did it
Seems like that's feasible
Now it's pretty dumb because we have a year-long lease
We just locked this house
Alright, second question
He has some money he's looking to invest
And he has it in Berkshire Class B shares
You recently started
Putting your money in the stock market
Yes, so what have you learned in the last six months?
Well, I always like to
Qualify everything I say with
The fact that I'm pretty dumb
But I did get advice
To buy what I like
So I just diversified
That's a good tip
That's a good tip that you'll find everywhere
Right, don't put all of your money
Yeah, you don't buy
All of the Tesla stock that you
Can afford
You just buy a little bit of all this
I bought a little bit of a bunch of stocks that I like
So what's
An example of a stock that you
Purchased that you like? I bought Tesla
Starbucks, Home Depot, Nike
Stuff like that
Stuff that I serve
Places that I go to
North Face, REI
Things like that
Products that I wear and use
And stores that I shop at
And all of them made money
I think that's another thing
You kind of just want to have money in the market
Because either they're all going up or all going down
But it tends to
If you leave it in there long enough, it tends to go up
If you just splash it around
It's like playing roulette
If you put money on all 36 numbers
It's gonna hit
You're gonna win some, you're gonna lose some
But ideally you're spreading it around so thin
The only money I lost
Was in IAC
The company you used to work for
Did you also invest in Alibaba
Which is some Chinese
Amazon? Oh yeah, I did invest in Alibaba
I probably lost money there too actually
Alright, here's two good tips
And one bad one for me
One, like you said, diversify
Splash your money around
Two, there's something called robo-investing now
Wealthfront, Betterment
Yeah
Charles Schwab as a robo-investor
That's what we have our money in
I trust computers more than humans
So they're like, the computer programs
Written by smart humans
Invest your money in a specific way
You just give it all to that
And then the computer does the rest
There should be a podcast sponsor
I feel like that would be a good podcast sponsor
That's true
And then here's one bad bit of advice
Invest in stocks that are
That are at $100 right now
Because it'll be very easy
To quantify your gains and losses
Oh, that is bad advice
It's like, oh I remember
All these stocks at $100
This one's at $85
You don't have to do the math in your head
The sites that you invest in
Schwab tells me how much money I
Made and lost and how much I bought it
How about this one a house
How about this one a truck
How about this one a mall
I bought this one a purse
I bought this one a truck
I bought this one a car
I feel bad for the girl that just got a purse
Hey Drake
I love my Hermes bag
Let me just start off by saying that
Did you
Sorry, did you buy somebody a
Westfield shopping center in Toronto
Yeah, that's where I got your purse
You asshole
I'll take the truck
I mean fuck
What was that
You bought one person a Cadillac Escalade
And the other person a Prius seat
And then another girl
An 81 store shopping center
Complete
With hot dog on a stick
And then somebody else got a polo bag
For $88
I feel like he's playing favorites
Drake is clearly playing favorites
But he has lots of friends
And he's got a lot of enemies
Got a lot of enemies
Every time he sees them though
There's something wrong with their memory
Why is that?
I don't know, they're just trying to take it away from a Drake
We don't believe it
Alright, let's take a break
And come back with some
Less
How would you say that type of question was?
Practical. Yeah, less practical
Question. Maybe people are interested in that type of thing
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Just like our portfolio, you have to diversify
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I ate a dove
Wow
It must have been while you were in Iceland
You ate a dove?
Yeah, six days ago
What restaurant serves doves?
No restaurant
Where did you cook it?
How did you capture the dove?
I purchased it on Craigslist
Was it a live dove?
It was a live dove
And then how did you murder it when it got to the house?
I strangled the dove
And then I put it into a pot of boiling water
You strangled it?
I strangled the dove
In front of the person you bought it from on Craigslist
I owned this house
You gave them $75 and they said
Alright, take good care of it
I don't have to take care of it
There's been money exchanged
I owned the dove
There's a bird in my hand
And it's gonna be worth two
Very quickly, I assure you
I posted some Matt Damon stuff
On our Facebook page
And people left
Some pretty funny comments
In addition to the ones I posted
Oh really?
Here's a few from our Facebook fan page
Facebook.com
If you're interested
When Matt Damon ever presses a button
To cross the street
Then looks at his phone for too long
Misses his turn to walk for a couple seconds
Then ends up having to half jog across the street
Because he doesn't want to piss off traffic
That one's from Kylar
That's really good
I don't think he's ever done that though
This one was one of my favorites
When Matt Damon opens a newspaper
Does he ever open it a little too far
So that it folds towards you
And nothing is ruined
It's for the correct way
When you're done with the paper
Oh
I feel like Matt Damon has really tight folds
Yeah
He can cut very nice crease
Folds that page in half
Maybe does the crossword
Effortlessly making it into a third
He can hold it with one hand
Sip a coffee
And then when it's time to turn the page
He knows exactly how to get
Story continued on D3
He doesn't have to put pieces of the paper
Down on the ground
Oh you think he could do a one handed flip
I don't think he does a one hand
I think he puts the coffee down, unfolds
Tucks back to the coffee
And then he'll keep maybe
Article that he likes in his back pocket
Oh that's cool
Sometimes
He just has way too many articles
That he likes in his back pocket
There's newspaper ink all over his pants
He's wearing white khakis
Has Matt Damon been right?
Has Matt Damon ever been hanging
A picture and then he thinks it's level
But when he steps back and he looks at it
It's crooked and he has to keep adjusting
And stepping back to look at it
And he can't get it quite straight ever
No
Of course he has a level
Yeah he nails it
Do you think Matt Damon has ever done the
Stair thing when he thinks there's another step
But there isn't and then he stood at the foot of the stairs
Feeling confused and disoriented
Says Callie
And then he's sort of walking with someone
He has to smile and say to them
I thought there was another stair there
And then he stutters
Just like I just did
I thought there was another stale there
Yeah I mean there's a lot of funny ones
Do you think Matt Damon has ever
Do you think Matt Damon has ever walked into a room
Forgot he was looking for and then just had to leave the room
Yeah
He didn't even like he stands there for a second too long
I don't think of it
The one I thought of was
Has he ever put his arm through the wrong sleeve of a jacket
And then like reached for the other arm
But it's not there
Oh yeah I don't think Damon's ever done that
I don't think he's ever done that
You think he's ever like met up with somebody
He's wearing a jacket and they have to like
Untuck the collar from
From his neck
Like he put it on in a haste
Yeah and sort of like the collar
Is just like tucked under into his shoulder
With his collar and his shirt
One of the collar's button and the other one isn't
So his wife has to like fix that for him
We got a lot of tweets and posts about
Him having a ponytail
Yeah that was a big deal
We were hot on Damon before that
Hot Damon news came out
Of course he can pull off the ponytail
Yeah he's kind of the one guy that can do it
I like that he didn't try to do the
Like if he was doing the man bun thing
I think everybody would have no respect
Like at least if he's gonna do it
Yeah he went for it
He's not trying to catch onto a trend
No no
He's like this is a classic look
And of course it's for a role
You have to know it's for a role
He's never had long hair like that though right
No I don't think so
Like Tom Cruise I can imagine having longer hair
Brad Pitt has had long hair
But Damon with long hair
I'll watch that movie
You know there's a Matt Damon movie coming out
Where he's like stuck on Mars
That's not interstellar
He's interstellar about someone being stuck on Mars
He's not on Mars
But he's stuck on another planet
Interstellar
Oh my god
Great Matt Damon cameo
Well he's in interstellar
Now you want to watch it don't you
I'm definitely gonna see that scene
Anything we have to promote
Our show in Montreal
Which I think is sold out but I think you can get in
With a pass
Because then you can see every show
Not just our show and there's a lot of
Chappelle is gonna be there so it's worth getting a pass
Not David but yeah
Roger Chappelle
His unrelated twin brother
So he is related
Because he is
And then we're also hosting two stand up shows
So if you like stand up comedy we're gonna be hosting two shows
Oh yeah so now that pass is looking mighty worth it
You come to like three of our shows
Right it's called J F L O L
And that's two on Thursday two on Friday
And then we have that podcast on Saturday
We're hosting two and two
I don't know if I want to do that
Last time I said that you were also taken aback
Like you're not processing that information
Into your long term memory
This is a memento
I don't want to do that
Yeah I think it's the 23rd
24th and 25th are the three days for big shows
I'm sorry we have
They're bringing us to Montreal
To host comedy shows
I just kind of wanted to do one show
And then rage for three days
Apartment 200
And we're also coming to Toronto in October
Yeah there's a just for laughs there now
Is that one sold out?
I think the show itself is sold out
But again you can get in with a festival pass
So check us out
I'm sorry check us out
I am starting to feel like
Because the dove is not sitting well
Right you ate the beak
I only ate the beak
The dove didn't have to die
It was such a peaceful bird
One last question
This one's a classic relationship question
Love it
Got a name for this dude
Dave
You know what I'm realizing
Sometimes we give people names
But it never comes up
Yeah that's true
It's like we don't have to
But it's good when we're giving advice
We don't
Hey guys big fan
My name is Dave
Came up there
No I forced it in
My girlfriend of two years and I
Are both seniors in high school
And will move to college in two months
We both know better than to try long distance
So we're living with our own mortality
Although suddenly we've hit a road block
I assumed we would date until the end of summer
Then go our separate ways
But she said that would be too painful
Instead she would rather break up today
I really don't want to do this
Because then my summer will be ruined
I want to spend it with her
Is there a compromise here
Like what should we do
I also suggested doing another month
But she said she can't handle knowing
When our last time together will be
This is one of the hardest things I've ever
Gone through
Being a white male grown up in the suburbs
And it would be amazing to get your guys' advice
Good luck on the TV show and such
Thanks Dave
Appreciate it Dave
I think your girlfriend doesn't want to be with you anymore
That much is clear
It'll be too hard for me to break up with you
In the end of August
It's gonna be the worst
Come here and give me one last hug
I don't want to know that I'm ever gonna give you a last hug
Let's just assume we remembered what the last hug was
That way I don't have to give you a final hug
It just sort of falls away from there
And I loved you
Yeah she's done
If you're thinking so rationally about the breakup
You can't schedule a breakup
Like that's not how it works
Right
If they were actually so into each other
They would do the dumb thing of staying together
Long distance
They seem to
I think it's logical and smart to not want to do that
Experience college
It's a once in a lifetime thing
You're not tethered to anybody
Emotionally or physically
And then there's like this weird
Great gray period where it's like
Should we break up now? Should we break up at the end of the summer?
The relationship is over
Yeah but like if you like each other
You would just kind of keep on dating
Until you were leaving and then like
That's when you break up
It's so sad and funny that he's like
How about a compromise?
July 28th
That'll give me some time with you
It will be too painful
She's being so polite
It'll be too painful to break up with you later
My summer is going to be ruined
I think she's thinking her summer is going to be ruined
If you stay together
Because according to her
Her summer is going to be awesome
I think you should embrace being single for the summer
Yeah
You got to look at the positive of the situation
I mean it is sucky to be broken up with
I think she's
Trying to do it in like a very polite way
Which is like oh maybe we shouldn't
I think
It was her idea not to stay together through college
And now it's like oh we might as well break up now
Which is kind of true
If you are going to break up then break up
There's no reason to be
In a relationship that's going to be like
Stunted and like you can't progress it that much
And then there's just this weird thing looming
Yeah
It's like the Sunday of your relationship
That's seriously anyway
Like hey baby let's see each other today
I guess I'll do that but like
Why does it matter because we're breaking up
Like if you're married or something
And you find out your wife
Or husband is going to die
Break up
No that's a little different
Like just leave her
You're a bad person
Because in your scenario
You're the one that's going to live right
Of course
I'm going to live forever
I had the fucking dove
I'm immortal today
That's why you ate the dove
Absolutely I'm a peaceful immortal soul
There's um
What was I going to say about it too
Um
I can't remember
Was it a song that it reminded you of?
I think it was more like about
If you are in a relationship
That's and I really
I'll never know
I'll never know
And that's the sad beautiful truth
Well this could sort of be
Taken into any context where it's like
If I'm going to if I
Decided to break up with someone
There's no reason to do it later
Even though it's come up before
This is what I was going to say
And it's related to that
It's also like
You guys theoretically had a good relationship
All through senior year
And you don't want to deal with this painful
Two month break up
That's going to lead into college
Because that's going to sort of color the relationship in a bad way
You might as well be like
We had a good run
And then not deal with the pain
Of growing apart for two months
Saying goodbye
So you should look
You should want to break up too
I already
I don't want people to think
That I flip flopped on my position
Of breaking up after that girl's exams
I know that was
A very hotly debated issue
I do sometimes think
It is worth delaying a little bit
In general
Get it over with
Make sure that it's happening
Immediately
Once you've decided to break up with somebody
Any last
Notes for this guy before
Let's say you die before
Right, next episode
Then I'd say stay strong
You're the man
To my family
I love you all very much
Split up my estate evenly
Amongst you all
And then all your siblings get the same
Equal
We should end every episode with
Our living will and testament just in case
It's the last verbal recording of ourselves
I'd like to leave all of my money
To one relative
To be determined with a wheel
What?
I want a lawyer to spin a wheel
Turning into a game of sorts
You have to specify relative
In your immediate family
Or is there a second or third cousin
They should be on the wheel but in a very, very small
Oh, that's lit
So this is what I'll do
I'll do roulette
It's kind of like the NBA lottery
This is what I'll do, I'll do the NBA lottery
Ping-pong balls with a four digit combination
Some people have 25% of the permutation
Some people have 10%
5% all the way down to 1.5
1.5 is a random fan that I'll choose
At the end of this podcast
And then they'll get in the room
And the balls will spin off
And then it'll come down to 9, 4, 6
And then you'll look
Who has that code?
Exactly
Oh, my mom, oh, my daddy
Oh, my brother, oh, my other brother
Or on then I'll be like cousin
Nice
Nice
Sister-in-law, sister-in-law
Down to friend
Maybe you could be on there
I just want
I'll take the smallest sliver
It'd be such a sad moment
But everybody sort of wants to be chosen
It's a fucking game
I want to turn it into a game
I want that to happen at the funeral
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